What is the oikos SEA Future Lab?
An academy of highly competent and motivated student leaders from oikos Dhaka, interested in learning and applying the tools of business and entrepreneurship to affect positive social and environmental change at their universities and beyond.
Where and when is it?
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, from May 19, 2007 - May 23, 2007 (5 days)
Who is it for?
Undergraduates and Masters students in all disciplines.
The oikos SEA Future Lab combines lectures, discussions and working groups and will also provide room for informal get-togethers.
The first two days of the oikos SEA Future Lab will provide participants with insights into the current sustainability debate at business schools, in the corporate world and society at large. Speakers will reflect on the challenges posed and opportunities provided by long-term economic, environmental and social developments. They will also take a look at the way different actors shape the debate on these issues within and outside business faculties.
sustainability challenges. Participants will thereby have the opportunity to dig deeper into various issues, make connections between different parts of the discussion, and set priorities. The debates will also allow participants to reflect on the past presentations and challenge their own assumptions and beliefs.
The fourth and fifth day will be devoted to the design of concrete events or projects. Each participant will be given a platform to develop and present an event or project that he/she pledges to implement at his/her university within the next 12 months. oikos will support the implementation of these projects wherever possible throughout the subsequent 12 months.